List of flags of the Papacy

The following is a list of flags used in the Vatican City and its predecessor, the Papal States.

National flag and State flag

Date	Use	Description
7 June 1929 – 26 November 2000	National flag and civil ensign	Two fields divided vertically, yellow field on the staff side and a white field on the other side, which bears the tiara and the keys.
26 November 2000 – 7 June 2023	National flag and civil ensign	Two fields divided vertically, yellow field on the staff side and a white field on the other side, which bears the tiara and the keys. Ratio: 1:1.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
7 June 2023–present	National flag and civil ensign	Two fields divided vertically, yellow field on the staff side and a white field on the other side, which bears the tiara and the keys.

Papal flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2005–2013	Papal pennant	With a yellow band at the hoist and Pope Benedict's personal arms in color in the white fly.
	2013–present	Papal pennant	With a yellow band at the hoist and Pope Francis's personal arms in color in the white fly.

Military flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2013–present	Swiss Guard	Papal guard flag of 1914, but with the arms of Pope Francis and Commandant Christoph Graf

Historical flags

Date	Use	Description
	Papal naval ensign	White flag with a version of the coat of arms of the Holy See between the figures of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
1300s	Banner of Pope Boniface VIII
1510s	Banner of Pope Leo X
1520s
1520s	Flag used by papal military strategist Jacopo Pesaro
1540s	Banner of Pope Paul III
1669–1771	Flag for Papal Ships	Flag with Christ on the cross, St Peter and St Paul.
-1808^[5]^[6]	Papal cockade until 1808, de facto state flag^[7]	Yellow and Red plain bicolour
1808-1870^[8]	Pilot flag, Infantry colours and de-facto civil flag^[9]	Yellow and White plain bicolour
-1870	War and proto-national flag^[10] flown over Porta Pia during the fall of Rome (1870)^[11]^[12]^[13]	Yellow and white, with simplified coat of arms of the Holy see in the middle
1803–1825	Flag for Papal Merchant Ships	White
1849	Flag of the Roman Republic	The Italian tricolour using darker colours with the phrase DIO E POPOLO (God and People) in the centre.
1825–1870	Flag for Papal Merchant Ships	Yellow and white.

References

^ "Flag of Vatican City". Retrieved 2021-09-26. vertically divided yellow-white national flag with an emblem on the white stripe featuring two crossed keys and a papal tiara. The flag is square in its proportions.
^ "The Flag of the Vatican City". Retrieved 2021-09-26. The Vatican City State flag is square in shape, with yellow and white vertically divided on each side of the flag.
^ "Legge fondamentale dello Stato della Città del Vaticano 26 novembre 2000" (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-09-26.
^ "letter to the German nunciature (2010-05-27)" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-26.
^ "Storia della Bandiera dello Stato della Città del Vaticano". vatican.va (in Italian). 31 December 2000. Anticamente la bandiera dello Stato pontificio era giallorossa (o per meglio dire amaranto e rossa, colori derivati dai colori dello stemma della Santa Sede), i due colori tradizionali del Senato e del Popolo romano, che vennero tuttavia sostituiti con il bianco e il giallo nel 1808.
^ "Bandiera pontificia" (in Spanish). Estado de la Ciudad del Vaticano. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 2024-03-09. En el pasado, la bandera del Estado pontificio era de color amarillo y granate (o mejor dicho, carmesì y rojo, colores relacionados con el escudo de la Santa Sede), dos colores tradicionales del Senado y del Pueblo romano.
^ Becker, William M. (2018). "1: Toward the Modern Papal Colors (1800–1825)". Vatican Flags: Keys and Crowns Since 1800. North American Vexillological Association. p. 22. ISBN 978-0974772875.
^ "Bandiera pontificia" (in Italian). Stato della cità del Vaticano. Archived from the original on 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2008-07-09. Anticamente la bandiera dello Stato pontificio era giallorossa (o per meglio dire amaranto e rossa, colori derivati dai colori dello stemma della Santa Sede), i due colori tradizionali del Senato e del Popolo romano, che vennero tuttavia sostituiti con il bianco e il giallo nel 1808, allorché Pio VII
^ William Becker "Vatican Flags", 2018
^ William Becker "Vatican Flags", 2018
^ "Vaticano, la bandiera di Porta Pia ritorna dopo 141 anni". La Stampa (in Italian). 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
^ "MEMORIAE TRADERE. E' TORNATA IN VATICANO LA BANDIERA DEI DIFENSORI DI PORTA PIA – di Pucci Cipriani – Ricognizioni". www.ricognizioni.it. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
^ Cipriani, Pucci (2022-10-31). "È tornata in Vaticano la Bandiera dei difensori di Porta Pia" (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-11-03.

External links

[1] "Flag of Vatican City". Retrieved 2021-09-26. vertically divided yellow-white national flag with an emblem on the white stripe featuring two crossed keys and a papal tiara. The flag is square in its proportions.

[2] "The Flag of the Vatican City". Retrieved 2021-09-26. The Vatican City State flag is square in shape, with yellow and white vertically divided on each side of the flag.

[3] "Legge fondamentale dello Stato della Città del Vaticano 26 novembre 2000" (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-09-26.

[4] "letter to the German nunciature (2010-05-27)" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-26.

[5] "Storia della Bandiera dello Stato della Città del Vaticano". vatican.va (in Italian). 31 December 2000. Anticamente la bandiera dello Stato pontificio era giallorossa (o per meglio dire amaranto e rossa, colori derivati dai colori dello stemma della Santa Sede), i due colori tradizionali del Senato e del Popolo romano, che vennero tuttavia sostituiti con il bianco e il giallo nel 1808.

[6] "Bandiera pontificia" (in Spanish). Estado de la Ciudad del Vaticano. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 2024-03-09. En el pasado, la bandera del Estado pontificio era de color amarillo y granate (o mejor dicho, carmesì y rojo, colores relacionados con el escudo de la Santa Sede), dos colores tradicionales del Senado y del Pueblo romano.

[7] Becker, William M. (2018). "1: Toward the Modern Papal Colors (1800–1825)". Vatican Flags: Keys and Crowns Since 1800. North American Vexillological Association. p. 22. ISBN 978-0974772875.

[bandiera-8] "Bandiera pontificia" (in Italian). Stato della cità del Vaticano. Archived from the original on 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2008-07-09. Anticamente la bandiera dello Stato pontificio era giallorossa (o per meglio dire amaranto e rossa, colori derivati dai colori dello stemma della Santa Sede), i due colori tradizionali del Senato e del Popolo romano, che vennero tuttavia sostituiti con il bianco e il giallo nel 1808, allorché Pio VII

[9] William Becker "Vatican Flags", 2018

[10] William Becker "Vatican Flags", 2018

[11] "Vaticano, la bandiera di Porta Pia ritorna dopo 141 anni". La Stampa (in Italian). 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2023-11-03.

[12] "MEMORIAE TRADERE. E' TORNATA IN VATICANO LA BANDIERA DEI DIFENSORI DI PORTA PIA – di Pucci Cipriani – Ricognizioni". www.ricognizioni.it. Retrieved 2023-11-03.

[13] Cipriani, Pucci (2022-10-31). "È tornata in Vaticano la Bandiera dei difensori di Porta Pia" (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-11-03.

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